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Artist: The Clash

First Release: unreleased

Length:

Vocals: Joe Strummer

Themes:

Additional Information:

  • correct title of the song confirmed by Joe Strummer: "[Bernard Rhodes] never told us what to say. He just told us to stop singing songs like She's Sitting At The Party. He said: 'Toss that fucking song out of the repertoire, write something else.'" [1]
  • correct title of the song confirmed by Joe Strummer: "[Bernard Rhodes] steered us away from the lovey-dovey stuff like She's Sitting At The Party, I think because he realised it was overdone, and he steered us towards writing something that was more real." [2]
  • mistitled as 'Work' or 'Sitting At My Party' on bootlegs


  • an early song that was quickly dropped from setlists after Keith Levene left the band in September 1976 [3]


References:

  1. [1] "Sounds" magazine (17/6/1978)
  2. Clash On Broadway booklet
  3. [2] The Roundhouse, London (5/9/1976)


She's Sitting At The Party
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